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e COLUMBIA COLLEGE
e CHICAGO
NO.7 /WINTEH 1993
A tri-annual publication for the Alumni, Friends, Faculty and Staff of Columbia College Chicago
ROOMS
WITH A
VIEW
Columbia College Acquires Its First Residence Hall
Columbia has acquired the landmark Lakeside Lofts building at 731
S. Plymouth Court and will convert
it into the college's first residence
hall, Columbia president Dr. John
B. Duff announced.
The nine-story, 158,000 sq. ft.
former printing plant in the historic
Printers Row neighborhood,
located three blocks from Columbia's South Loop campus, was
designed by noted architect
Howard Van Doren Shaw in 1895
and converted into 96 luxury loft
apartments in 1984. It will house
over 300 Columbia students beginning in September.
"With the purchase of this
classic Chicago building and its
conversion to residence hall space,
Columbia College is poised to enter
an exciting new phase in its rich
and remarkable history," Duff said.
'The educational opportunities in
the arts, media and communications that we currently provide to a
mainly commuter population can
now be further extended to our
growing numbers of out-of-state
and international students."
Each fully-furnished 1100 sq. ft.
suite will house four students and
will include two bedrooms, a
living area, study area, kitchen,
dining area, bathroom, 12 foot
high ceilings and oversized
windows and closets. Kitchens
(See DORM, page 2.)
Columbia's new residence hall at 731 5. Plymouth Court, only three blocks away from the campus.
(DORM, Continued.)
are equipped with a large
refrigerator, freezer, dishwasher, and full-size range.
The college is considering
setting aside some floors as
single-sex and others as
"scholars only" floors with
noise restrictions, Duff said. A
percentage of space will also
be set aside for scholarship
students at a discounted rate.
Commercial space located
on the first two floors of the
building will be converted into
rooms for recreation and educational support such as a
learning resource center,
computer lab, student lounge,
game room and rehearsal
space.
Duff said that although the
college currently assists outof-state and international students in locating housing,
none of that housing is as conveniently located as the new
residence hall, which will
place students in a secure
neighborhood within a three
minute walk to the main
campus. In addition to out-ofstate students, a number of
students who currently
commute long distances to
Columbia are also expected to
be interested in the dorm. At a
recent college open house, 134
prospective students signed
up to receive information
about the facility.
"The educational oppartunities ...that we currently prollide to a mainly commuter population can naw be
further extended to our growing numbers of out-of-state and international students," said President John
Duff.
Columbia Acquires Production
Equipment of Major
Recording Complex
Columbia College has acquired
more than $1 million in sound production and recording equipment
from the Zenith/dB recording complex, 676 N. LaSalle Street. The
college has also agreed to lease the
entire recording facility for a seven
year period (with a three year
option) and will convert it into
classroom and lab space for the
college's sound program, according
to Doug Jones, program director.
The 14,000 sq. ft. facility, which
will be renamed the Columbia
College Audio Technology Center,
Lily Maso, a junior saund engineering major, and Mike Kravchuck, a senior sound engineering major, at
Columbia's Audio Technology Center on LaSalle Street.
page two
houses two complete film mix
suites, a video post production
suite which is one of the most advanced in the city, a 24-track music
recording studio, two voice-over
and production rooms, and full
transfer and dubbing facilities.
Jones said that with the addition of
the lab space, the department will
now be able to house all of its
sound classes under one roof.
AI Parker, chair of the radio/
sound department, described the
acquisition as one of the most
exciting developments in the department's history. "It will enable
us to give our sound and radio
students almost unlimited access to
a leading production facility that
has been used by a number of
award-winning producers and
directors in the television and film
industry. Our students will not
only be able to do post-production
work of the highest quality, they'll
also be able to explore a wide range
of acoustical problems and solutions and learn how to do maintenance on some of the most sophisticated machines in existence. This
acquisition says to the current or
prospective sound student that if
you want to get a job in the
business - to learn the needs of the
industry - come to Columbia."
New Board Members
Join Columbia
Columbia has elected eleven
new members to its board of
trustees
They are:
Pilar Bautista, media relations representative for Amoco Corporation.
Robert L Otapman, founder, president
and chief executive officer of Proliance
Companies, a property casualty insurance
company.
Madeleine K.B. Condit, principal in the
Kom/Ferry international executive search
firm.
Frank Heffron, president and chief
executive officer of Major League Baseball
International and former chairman of the
finance committee of the United States
Olympic Team.
Sir Simon Hornby, chairman of W .H.
Smith, one of the world's largest chains of
bookstores.
Michael E. Jackson, vice president for
operations of the Chicago Branch of
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited and president of Columbia's Alumni Association.
Dr. Katherine Keough, associate dean
and chair of the department of education
at Xavier University in Cincinnati, and
writer and co-host of "AIDS in the Public
School," an award-winning PBS special.
Paul G. Marks, chancellor of the Massachusetts Higher Education Coordinating
Council.
Gordon J. McOendon, vice president
of Saul, Stone and Company, a commodities dealer .
Richard Wehman, president of Sterling/Kay-E! Company, a Chicago
manufacturer of precast concrete products.
Robert A. Wislow, chairman of the
board of U.S. Equities.
Ptnd G. Msulcs
Robert A Wislow
page three
What's News...
Departmental News:
Columbia to Train
Interpreters for the
Hearing-Impaired
Columbia has been awarded an
$80,(XX) grant by the Illinois Depart-
ment of Rehabilitation Services to
create the state's first four-year
undergraduate program to train
interpreters for the hearing·
impaired.
The program, which will begin in
fall1993 under the auspices of the
English department, will offer comprehensive training in American
Sign Language, integrated field
work in interpreting skills, sign-tovoice interpreting, an interpreting
practicum, a placement service and
a range of electives in psychology,
sociology and multi-cultural
studies.
"We believe this program will not
only provide comprehensive interpreting services to the deaf community, but will also prepare students
for careers as sign interpreters for
the deaf," said Dr. Philip Klukoff,
English department chair. '1n
particular, there is a critical need for
more minority interpreters for the
deaf, and the college will make a
special effort to attract minority
students into the program from
high schools, two-year colleges, and
the Chicago community at large."
There are approximately 26,100
people out of a general population
of three million people in the
Chicago area who are deaf and
potentially in need of interpreting
services. Studies also suggest that
there are only 105 freelance interpreters currently working in the
Chicago area, a disproportionately
small number of whom are minority. Moreover, with the passing of
several recent pieces of federal
legislation, including the Americans
with Disabilities Act, there will be
an increasing demand for interpreting services in many different social
sectors.
Klukoff said that the program
will be the only interpreter training
program in downtown Chicago.
"Although the program will in
some ways resemble those offered
at other colleges nationwide, it will
be unique in its emphasis on providing students with practical
hands-on interpreting experience,
its wide range of electives in social
sciences, humanities and multicultural studies, and its focus on
community involvement and community resources for the hearingimpaired," he said.
In addition to the four-year
program, a concentration in interpreter training will be offered to
students who have chosen majors in
other disciplines. The program will
also include courses designed to
enhance the professional development of interpreters who are
already practicing in the field.
The English department currently
has two part-time faculty members,
one of them deaf, who teach
courses in American Sign Language. The department will hire a
full-time faculty coordinator to
direct the program and will set up a
laboratory/resource center
equipped to handle a projected
student enrollment of 30-40 students per year.
Among the new projects and activities funded by Columbia's 199095 Title III Grarit is the development
of new courses in Black Music
Studies. The new curriculum will
include such classes as Folk Music
Spirituals and Gospel Music, Black
Popular Music in America, The Jazz
Tradition and Black Classical Music
and Musicians.
Columbia's Graduate School was
recently admitted into the Council
of Graduate Schools, a Washington
D.C.-based organization whose
current membership comprises 401
universities and colleges in the U.S.
and Canada that have significant involvement in graduate education.
"Recognition by the Council of
Graduate Schools is an honor that
will allow Columbia to receive
national exposure and technical assistance," said Graduate School
Dean Lya Dym Rosenblum.
"Professional networking is at the
-,..,re of an institution's ability to
pt~ge
fuur
evaluate its current offerings and
continue the search for new ways to
meet the needs of its constituency."
Not many dancers can say that
their repertoire includes pieces on
the ozone layer, the periodic table or
the formation of a water molecule
and table salt. But youngsters at
Chicago's "Stairway of the Stars"
Dance Studio wl,.o have been
collaborating with Columbia's
Institute for Science Education and
Science Communications can. The
African-American children, ages 10
to 15, study scientific concepts and
then communicate their newfound
knowledge through dance, choreographed by Columbia College
student Heidi Baumann.
The troupe has so far performed
at sites throughout Chicagoland,
including Lake Forest College, the
Museum of Science and Industry,
the Adler Planetarium and various
teachers' workshops. Video tapes
of their performances have been
shown all over the world at scientific conferences and cultural events.
The advising department's new
orientation brochure "Explore
Columbia" won first place for Best
Orientation Handbook in the
National Orientation Directors
Association's publication contest.
Faculty News:
City Stoop Press, comprised of
English department faculty members
Karen Lee Osborne, Fred Gardaphe
and George Bailey, recently won a
1992 Gregory Kolovakos Seed Grant
Award from the Council of Literary
Magazines and Presses. The money
will help fund City Stoop's next title,
South Side Stories (edited by English
faculty member Steve Bosak). The
press publishes short fiction representing the diversity of voices under
the regional theme of Chicago.
Works published thus far are New
Chicago Stories and West Side
Stories.
Kudos ...
Playwright-in-residence Paul
Carter Harrison is the recipient of a
1992 Meet the Composer/Reader's
Digest Commission for his operetta
"Goree Crossing." The new work,
composed by New York composer
Olu Dura, will premiere at the
Pegasus Theater during its 1993-94
season under the direction of
Douglas Turner Ward, artistic
director of the nationally acclaimed
Negro Ensemble Company in New
York. Following the initial performances, the operetta will travel
to Saint Louis, Atlanta, San Francisco and New York.
Jane Ganet Sigel, director of the
Dance/Movement Therapy Program, is preparing to go to China as
the educational ambassador and
guest of Beijing Normal University.
She will be lecturing and conducting experimental workshops. Her
teaching and method of body
awareness has already been
featured in newspapers and
magazines in mainland China.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photography faculty member John White
was one of five journalists to
conduct the Freedom Forum's 1992
Photography Seminar in Eastern
Europe last autumn, titled "Sharing the Visions, Photojournalism in
the U.S.A." His first speech was at
the University of Moscow. He also
spoke with and studied the work of
students and journalists in Prague,
Czechoslovakia, Warsaw, Poland
and Budapest, Hungary-- acquainting them all with Columbia College
Chicago!
Fiction writing instructor Gary
Johnson's radio documentary
"Gramma Elsie" has been picked
up by the national radio documentary series "Soundprint'' (distributed to 111 markets). His oral
history I documentary focuses on
his 86-year-old grandmother Elsie
Fay Johnson, and was originally
produced for WBEZ-FM (Chicago's
NPR affiliate) and the Chicago
Community Trust's "Chicago Matters" project.
November 13. 1992
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Mark Gierszews/ci (center) was first place winner in the Chicago Hilton & Towers' holiday card design
competition. Shown with Mark, from left, are Hilton general manager Gary Siebert, seamd prize winner
Dll'Did Stepen, Columbia president Dr. John Duff, and third prize winner Agnes Ibarrientos.
Students in the Creative Strategies in Advertising Design class
last fall competed to design a holiday card for the Chicago Hilton &
Towers. Mark Gierszewski won
first prize. The Hilton sent cards
with his design to 2,000 of its
corporate customers. Second prize
winner was David Stepen and
third prize winner was Agnes
lbarrientos.
Each year hundreds of photo
students from across the U.S. apply
to the Eddie Adams Workshop, a
prestigious, four-day, round-theclock photojournalism seminar in
upstate New York. Out of the 836
that applied in 1992, 100 were
accepted - six of whom were from
Columbia College: James Cottle,
Laurie Essig, Laura Jamow, Paul
Vozdic, Yvette Dostatni and
James Linehan.
What kinds of films are the
Steven Spielbergs and John Hughes
of tomorrow making? What kinds
of films will receive Emmy and
Oscar awards in the next five or 10
years? If you attended the film &
pt~ge
fi'De
video department's fall screening,
you might have found some clues.
Ten film & video students were
given Outstanding Achievement
awards by a professional jury.
Three works were selected in the
screenwriting category: ''My New
Roommate" by Narimon Atibaed;
''The Evil Threat Among Us" by
Daniel Callahan; and ''The Romantics" by Steve Danielson. The
three winning works selected from
the editing category were ''Woven
Paths" by Louis Anastas; "Romantic Block" by Andrew Ryann; and
"Aging Bull" by Doug Sawyer.
Two cinematography awards were
given for ''The Collector" by Anne
Northrup and ''My New Roommate" by Tristan Gros, Scott
Rodgers and Oral User.
WCRX-FM celebrated its lOth anniversary on the air this fall. Columbia's student-run radio station
has the potential of reaching three
million Chicago area listeners, and
can now boast of training future
DJs, news and sports talents, programmers and producers for over a
decade!
The
Michael
Merritt
Endowment
The performing arts community lost one of its greatest talents
when Michael Merritt succumbed to cancer. He was an
extraordinary set designer for
over one hundred productions,
including "Glengarry Glen
Ross," "Oleanna," "Awake and
Sing," and "House of Games."
He worked with such noted
artists as David Mamet and
Arthur Miller.
Michael will be greatly missed
by Columbia, where he taught in
the theater department for
several years. "His intelligence,
creativity and concern for
Fund
students played a major role in
the enhancement of our curriculum," said Sheldon Patinkin,
chair of the theater /music department. ''He was constantly
looking for new and better ways
of communicating to the
students and inspiring them."
Recently, an endowment fund
was established to perpetuate the
legacy of Michael Merritt
through an annual student scholarship award and professional
designer award. Many gifts
have already been received; for
more information, call
(312) 663-1600, ext. 522.
Michael Wesley Merritt 1945 - 1992
News from the Planning and Placement Office
The career planning and placement
office seeks Columbia graduates in
all fields to serve as resources to
students, provide job and internship
leads, and participate on panels at
career-related events. Alumni participation as employer representatives would be especially welcome in
the school's Arts and Communication Career Fair for Minority Students planned for April16. To
become a part of the alumni network,
please indicate so in the "What's
News With You?" coupon on page
10 and send it to the alumni relations
office.
The planning and placement office
has recently hired a new career
advisor, Paula Eubanks, a business
and education journalist who works
with alumni in journalism, marketing
communication, English, fiction
writing and management careers. To
reach her or other advisors, call
(312) 663-1600, ext. 280.
Alumni seeking career advancement in the radio broadcast field are
encouraged to check our job board
listings. At the beginning of the year,
approximately 50 job openings at
radio stations throughout the Midwest were posted. The job leads for positions ranging from on-air
talent to promotions and sales - are
the result of an especially successful
mailed solicitation of stations. Other
types of employers are being considered for future mail solicitations.
page six
A Little Survey Goes A
Long Way!
The response to the
alumni survey has been
outstanding! Over 700
surveys have been returned
with more coming in each
day. Your confidential information and comments
are very important to the
college. With this information, we can build a stronger
program for Columbia's
students. If you haven't
returned your survey yet,
please take a moment to do
so. Your opinions really
matter.
Alunmi board
members recently
gathered for a
holiday dinner at the
home of Alunmi
Association president Michael
Jackson. Also
attending to meet the
board were Columbia's new president
Dr. John Duff and
wife Estelle Shanley.
(L-R) Sue Tipton, board member Rlzy Saleh,
and board parliamentarian Dare Tipton
(L-R) Christine Mach,
Estelle Shanley, Columbia
College president Dr. john
Duff, and board member
Michael Mach
Dear Fellow Alumni:
Frequently noted in this newsletter and in other publications of the college is the dramatic growth in enrollment that has
taken place over the past decade. Less often remarked is the consequent increase in the number of Columbia alumni who
are out making their mark on the world. In 1982, Columbia could claim 3,100 alumni; today, that number exceeds 13,000.
You and other alumni are a vital college resource, and for the first time in Columbia's history, that importance has been
recognized by the election of the president of the alumni association to the Columbia College Board of Trustees. My
election as a trustee took place on November 5th, and I look forward to representing alumni interests, particularly in the
area of academic and student affairs. I will keep you informed through this column of policy issues that affect the college's
students and alumni.
I'm pleased to tell you that Columbia's new president, Dr. John Duff, has also indicated he will pay close attention to the
interests of college alumni. I recently hosted a dinner at which Dr. Duff heard firsthand from alumni association board
members their thoughts on a range of college issues. He expressed a sincere interest in helping to ensure that the needs and
opinions of the alumni are heard at both administrative and board levels.
Finally, my thanks to the more than 700 alumni who responded to the first mailing of the alumni survey. Those of you
who didn't respond have a second chance; a copy of the survey is enclosed with this issue of RE. The more we know about
you and your concerns, the better we can serve you. I thank you for your interest and support of Columbia College.
Sincerely,
v'~
d
ael . ckson,
I
Prest ent, Columbia Co
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e Alumni Association
page seven
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No t e s
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'53
'76
'85
Bill Eubank, better known around Chicago as
"Billy Bumble" the Oown, has been inducted
into the World Oown Hall of Fame and the
Midwest Oown Hall of Fame. He's been
downing for 15 years... Louis LaVigne is a
father of six and grandfather of ten. His varied
career has taken him from copywriting to advertising and marketing and running his own
business. He is currently an assistant store
manager for Edison Bros. Stores Inc./ Big and
Tall Shops.
Juanita Bratcher is the publisher and editor of
Copyline magazine and author of the soon-tobe-released book Harold: The Making of a Big
City Mayor... Eileen Hogan Heineman is the
principal of St. Gertrude School in Skokie. The
school was recently commended for its strong
language arts program ...Chris Mitts has left
WGO-AM and joined WBBM-AM as an account
executive.
Lisa Kaczor is a general assignment reporter
for WLUC-TV in Marquette, Mich...Michelle
Weinberg is an attorney and has started her
own practice.
'69
Robert Charles Carner directed his first
feature length film, "A Killer Among Friends,"
starring Patty Duke. He was also a co-writer on
the film.
Larry Wayne Lauer, a.k.a "Strange Wayne," is
a morning air personality for KGOT radio in
Anchorage, Alaska and operates a home studio.
He recently completed narration on a new
Alaska video postcard. Previous postcards have
won New York CINE awards.
'70
Dan Laffey of Ontario, Canada has won two
national awards for his news camera work from
the Canadian Society of Cinematography. He is
employed as an ENG camera person for Global
Television.
'71
James D. Schiller of Chicago is the president
of Digitall, Inc., a post-production company that
does music, commercial, video, and voice overs.
'72
Wayne Crawford has been appointed to a
tenure track position in the department of
English at Western lllinois University.
'74
Jay Boersma, a professor at Governors State
University, has developed a national reputation
for his photography. Several of his pieoes are
included in the permanent collection at the Art
Institute of Chicago. He is currently planning a
show in New York. ..Eric Futran was awarded
the International Association of Business
Communicators' Silver Quill Award of
Excellence for Feature Photography. Several of
his photos were used in the opening audiovisual presentation at the Democratic National
Convention in New York. He has also
completed work on his fifth cookbook and is
already working on his next two...Mark Ludwig
is presently employed as a camera operator on
the television series "Civil Wars," a Steven
Bochco production for 20th Century Fox. He
has also worked on the television series "Twin
Peaks" and the motion picture "The Last Boy
Scout."
'78
'80
Robert Allen of Chicago has started his own
law firm, Tamvakis & Allen.
'82
Jim Nge is~ video communications director
for Harcourt, Brace, Jovanivich, where he
prepares video tapes for law school graduates in
preparation for the bar exam... Bob Worthington
is the host of Unistar Radio Network's "Solid
Gold Saturday Nite." The show was nominated
by Billboard magazine as the Nationally Syndicated Radio Program of the Year for the 5th
consecutive year.
'83
Karen Fishman has won the 1992 Elynore D.
Mesirow Creativity Award from the Publicity
Oub of Chicago. The award was for a program
for Dean Foods which included the song "Ballad
of the Billboard Birds"...Peter Wagner played an
umpire in the movie "A League of Their Own"
which starred Madonna and Gina Davis. When
he's not acting he freelances as a professional
sports photographer.
'84
'86
Anthony Kremer of Las Vegas is the president
and technical producer of Kinetic Productions,
which specializes in ENG video production. He
also freelances as an audio technician for many
cable tv boxing events and the Jerry Lewis
Telethon ...Jerome Mark Mikulich is the chief
engineer I producer for Pia yroom Recording
Studio. He recently completed work with
Mercury/Polygram artist Lidell Townsell and
also produces for Chicago-based Oubhouse
Records and Fly Records America ...Paul Mpistolarides is a producer for Linger Group Productions. He produces "Speedweek," the
weekly show on auto racing for ESPN, and runs
his own Betacam service...Rusty Silber is a
sports writer for the Waukegan News-Sun. He
also hosts the cable show "Sports," covering
high school and college athletics.
'87
John Netherly is studying to be a licensed
funeral director and embalmer at the Worsham
College of Mortuary Science. He is also a newly
ordained deacon at Metropolitan Missionary
Baptist Church in Chicago...Timothy Pfeiffer is
a surgical-media specialist for Loyola Medical
Center. He recently received a first place award
from the National Association for the Care of
Children's Health for his tape "Understanding
Spina Bifida -The School Age Child."
'88
Lee Bey is a reporter for the Chicago SunTimes and teaches news reporting at
Columbia... Martin Gessl is pursuing a graduate
degree in marketing at UIC. He is currently
selling real estate and teaching a karate class at
Columbia... Cary Noren, who wrote and
produced promos for WFLD-TV in Chicago, has
Eileen Hildebrand was recently promoted to
corporate photographer at the Enesco corporation, which specializes in giftware...William
Richter recently joined Lenoir-Rhyne College as
assistant professor of communication... Phillip
Solomonson has been named assistant director
for marketing and development at Sangamon
State University...David Spearman is a teacher
at Sojouner Truth Elementary School as well as a
freelance camera operator for WCFC-TV,
Channel38 and the City of Chicago cultural
events for WCW-TV, Channel21/49.
Peter Wllgner, '83
pllge eight
'90
Samira Robinson, '89
relocated to Los Angeles. He now freelances for
Warner Bros., Fox and the Disney
Otannel...Shelley Flannery-Pasma, after a tenyear career in broadcast engineering, went back
to college and received a master's in cormseling
psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School...Jeff Salenger is an accormt executive
for Sprint Publishing & Advertising...Mary
Skawski is happily employed as a graphic
designer for Nall ... Barbara Yonan is keeping
busy as an illustrator for Neiman Marcus, Saks
Fifth A venue, Fairmont Hotel and the Srmday
Oticago Tribrme, just to name a few.
'89
Kimberly Bacon, a computer graphics artist
for Pioneer Press, is involved in the conversion
of traditional layout process to state-of-the-art
Macintosh publishing ...Rick Cruz has returned
to Oticago and opened Rave Recording Studios
with three friends. He is the studio manager
and chief engineer...Albert Linschoten, a.k.a. AI
Joseph, is an on-air talent for WCGO radio talk
show and news... Steven McKinney is an
accormt executive with WSSD radio in Chicago.
He is also working on two shows for the
station ... Samira Watson-Robinson edits and
writes for the Catholic Charities newsletter
"Forever Free." She also works on special
events planning and frmdraising for the
Women's Board...Stephan Rose is the head of
corporate sales for the Daily Planet Ltd. which
specializes in corporate, broadcast and music
videos and documentaries.
Gregory Brown plans to graduate from Governors State University this spring...
Pete Cherwin opened his own photography
studio and color lab in Aurora. He recenijy
photographed an automobile for Car Craft
magazine ...Angela Doll, a.k.a. Alex Thompson,
has been playing locally with her band "Vertigo
in Children" - which she calls an alternative yet
accessible rock group...Tricia Fumett is the
Oticago area research assistant for M1V Networks. She also plans to marry Jeff Mladic. '91,
whom she met while at Columbia ...Roger
Jansen is the new owner of the Avalon Nite
Oub in Oticago. At 24, he is the yormgest club
owner in the city. Under his ownership the club
has worked with national acts such as Echo &
the Brmnymen, Izzy Stradlin, and EMF...Julie
Lennon loves her new position as production
coordinator for the Impact Division of Foote,
Cone & Belding...Sue Malinowski is the new
assistant production manager at Northwest
Teleproductions... Rex Robinson is now a photojournalist for the Reporter Newspapers where
he started out as a stringer... Lori Lynn Zaitz is
employed by Walt Disney Studios as assistant to
'91
Bernard Burrell has moved back to Britain
where he is a freelance writer and hosts a
weekly show on the United Kingdom's only
international radio station, Spectrum. He
encourages any alums passing through to contact him for a free tour of London ...Thomas
Conizadi is a top accormt executive for Pioneer
Press Newspapers and brokers advertising for
the Srm-Times Co. He also planning to marry
Kim Bacon, '89, this year...Dave Evans is the
new associate producer for the Library Cable
Network in Naperville... Dina Giobbia is a
production assistant for Business Commrmications Review magazine ... Lisa Gironda is a fulltime theater teacher for Mother McAuley High
School, where she also graduated in '85...Alan
Grimm is a freelance cinematographer I
videographer and recently completed work on
"Little Cupcakes, Big Cheese" ...Colleen Halloran is currently a guest artist for Columbia's
student choreographic workshop, of which she
was also a summer scholarship recipient. She is
a featured choreographer for Link's Hall
production of "Next Generation Project" ... Elise
Dubois-LeGrand has been working as an
assistant editor for The Nursing Spectrum, a
publication for registered nurses. Last year she
received a first place Gold Circle award from
Columbia University for her essay which appeared in Columbia College's Hair Trigger
13...Joyce Littleton is the new production
manager of the Wednesday Journal, Forest Park
Review and Oticago Parent newsmagazine...
Jacqui Podzius, after a year with the Associated
Press, has relocated and writes for the Corpus
page nine
Otristi Caller-Times. She will primarily cover
political stories... Diane Weyermann had her
documentary "Moscow Women" aired on
WTTW, Otannelll . The film was selected as
the best documentary film in the regional
academy awards by the Motion Picture
Academy of Arts & Sciences and was recently
screened at the International Documentary Film
Festival in Amsterdam and the Film Festival of
International Cinema Students in Tokyo...Otis
Williams, president and dean of the Love &
Faith Mission, also heads the "Men on Mission"
sports & amusement park cormcil where Columbia students are welcome to play basketball
and volleyball.
'92
Judith Hurwich of Chicago won a certificate
of merit for her film "1he Bridge Oub" which
was recently screened at the Music Box
Theater... Kara Kane has moved to Tucson,
where she is exploring the southwest region and
working as an accormt coordinator for Zimmerman & Associates. In her position she works
with political campaigns and small business p.r.
and advertising... Carol Luat has appeared in
both Wisdom Bridge's and Halsted Thea't er
Centre's production of "Madame Butterfly."
She also acted in "Light in the Heart of the
Dragon" at Chicago's Theater Building and has
composed music for an NBC pilot with Second
Gty... Sue Sentowski is the director of affiliate
relations for MediaTracks Comrnrmications.
The company produces a public affairs program
called "Radio Health Journal."
Roger Jansen, '90, (right) with Joe Lynn Turner of
Deep Purple
Deceased
Marie L. Jones '53
McNeal Jones '86
Patricia Linder '87
Joseph J. Jadwick '88
Dean of Students Hermann Conaway Dies
Hermann Conaway, 45, dean of
students at Columbia College Chicago, died December 15 in St.
Joseph Hospital. Cause of death
was a massive heart attack. Conaway had been a member of the
Columbia College staff since 1980,
first as assistant dean of student
services and, beginning in 1981, as
dean of students. He also taught in
the management department.
"Hermann Conaway was an
invaluable member of our administration whose commitment to the
Columbia College family was legendary," said president John B.
Duff. "He always had the time to
counsel a distressed student, assist
a colleague, or brighten a meeting
with his presence. He leaves a
legacy of compassionate and
tireless work on behalf of our
students and the entire college
community."
Mike Alexandroff, president
emeritus, called Conaway's death
"a tragic and irreparable loss for
the Columbia College community.
He was a consummately talented
college administrator, a teacher of
rare quality and a respected and influential leader in the causes of
minority opportunity and human
equality in education and in life."
''Hermann's contributions to the
growth and development of the
college were unequalled. As a
colleague, he brought passionate
commitment to his task and an
enthusiasm and energy that both
sustained and guided us during
many difficult situations. He was a
tireless advocate for students'
rights, a leader in the higher
education community, and a
devoted friend of students everywhere," said executive vice president and provost Bert Gall.
Born in Mississippi in 1947,
Conaway moved to Chicago as a
child and graduated from Kenwood elementary school and Hyde
Park high school. He earned a
bachelor's degree in science and
commerce from DePaul University
in 1976 and a master's degree in
public administration from
Roosevelt University in 1978. Prior
to joining Columbia, he was administrative manager of the Northwestern University Law School
from 1976 to 1980.
Conaway initiated several programs at Columbia that recognized
student and staff achievement and
developed leadership, including an
annual luncheon for students with
outstanding records in scholarship
and service, a program recognizing
employees with lengthy tenures,
and, for the past two years, a
student leadership conference.
In recognition of Hermann
Conaway's career achievements at
Columbia, the faculty and staff
have established the Hermann
Conaway Student Leadership
Scholarship Fund, which will
benefit students who show potential for leadership through their
academic and extracurricular
activities. Open to applications
from all students, the Conaway
Scholarship Fund will be particularly sensitive to the needs of
minorities.
Those wishing to continue Hermann's important work at the
college may send contributions to
the Development Office, 600 S.
Michigan Avenue, Chicago,
Illinois, 60605-1996, or call (312)
663-1600, ext. 522.
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